Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Nest #73 today.  We relocated 132 eggs from the east point to east of the 200 walkway.  Crawl was 39” We put green around nest #1 last evening. Today is day 53.

Nest 71 with a 37″ crawl east of lighthouse.  She laid right up against a trash bag leaning on a cabana leg. Nest 72  with a 40″ crawl west of nest 15.39″ false crawl at range light37″ false crawl near nest 4438″ false crawl near nest 50

3 new nests today #68 – relocated 125 eggs from east point to 200 walkway – 33” crawl #69 – insitu nest west of the lifeguard stand – 31” crawl #70 – relocate 121 eggs back from the tideline west of the lighthouse- 29” crawl

2 nests and 7 false crawls.  The crawls were a small turtle, 26” -28” and a 32” crawl, all east of the parking lot.  Folks were out cleaning up fireworks residue this morning.Nest #66 is west of the 423 walkway and had a 36” crawlNest #67 is west of the public parking area and had Read More

3 false crawls this morning. East of parking lot, east of 629 walkway and in front of last house.  All 34-36” crawls.

2 nest and 1 false crawl today. Nest #64 was laid in the tide line at the last house on CBR.  We relocated 118 to the dune; 2 were broken in the nest and 36” crawl. Nest #65 is located just west of the first house on CBR and had a 33” crawl. The false Read More

Nest #62 – In front of Ocean Greens- 36” crawl Nest #63 – west of Mercer – 34” crawl We marked NS2 on the east point….just couldn’t locate any eggs 2 False crawls – 32” west of lighthouse and 33” near golf course

2 nests and 4 false crawls Nest #60 – east of 629 walkway- 36” crawl Nest #61 – near 629 walkway – 38” crawl False crawls: 36” east of Maritime Way 34” beside Maritime Way 36” east of lifeguard stand 33” east of parking lot

3 more nests and 4 false crawls Nest #57 38″ crawl east of #17 Nest #58 41″ crawl west of Lighthouse Nest #59 32″ crawl next to #35 36″ False crawl west of #56 36″ false crawl next to #24 34″ false crawl east of #18 36″ false crawl west of #56  She crawled all Read More

Nest #56 and 4 false crawls Nest #56 was relocated from the east end to east of the 200 walkway. 30” crawl and 130 eggs False crawls were probably the same turtle looking for a good spot.  Crawls 30” – 32” between west of the lighthouse and east of the lifeguard stand